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Smoke remains present in the skies, Tuesday creating air quality concerns. We’ll have more spotty showers and thunder possible Tuesday ahead of cooler, drier air moving in for Wednesday.

An air quality alert remains in place through at least 6 p.m. Tuesday. The air remains less than ideal as Canadian wildfire smoke lingers Tuesday. 

Our surface air and air aloft continues to flow in from the northeast, in the direction of the fires. An upper-level area of high pressure is the culprit. Air flows clockwise around high-pressure regions.

Check the latest air quality conditions and forecasts here:

Current air quality conditions

Here are air quality forecasts for the next couple of days:

Air quality forecasts

More showers possible Tuesday then cooler

Tuesday again brings some spotty showers. We’ll see a few showers in central and eastern Minnesota in the morning hours and then some pop-up thunderstorms will develop in western and southern Minnesota. 

There will be some lingering showers north and west possible Wednesday.

All of this unsettled weather is a result of cooler and drier air moving across the region, but it’s not quite a sharp cold front. High temperatures Tuesday will show a contrast from north to south however.

Dew points will still be muggy in western and southern Minnesota Tuesday.

Overnight Tuesday night temperatures will cool off for the first time in about 10 days. Lows will be near 60 in the Twin Cities and in the 40s in northeastern Minnesota.

Temperatures Wednesday will be pleasant with highs from the 70s to the mid 80s for most.

The big difference will be the drop in humidity. Dew points Wednesday will be in the 40s and 50s, making it much more comfortable than the last week or so.

The next chance of showers and thunder comes in late Friday into Saturday ahead of another cool front that will drop temps Sunday.

The models hint at things heating up again though next week, so enjoy the break.

Weather and Climate News

Updraft® - Minnesota Weather News

Sven Sundgaard

Author

Smoke remains present in the skies Tuesday, creating air quality concerns. We’ll have more spotty showers and thunder possible Tuesday ahead of cooler, drier air moving in for Wednesday.

Smoke remains present in the skies Tuesday creating air quality concerns. We’ll have more spotty showers and thunder possible Tuesday ahead of cooler, drier air moving in for Wednesday.

Air quality alert remains through at least 6 p.m. Tuesday; shower possible

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